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Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson runs one time around the track - 400 meters
- in 38 seconds. What is his displacement? ___________ What is his average velocity?
14. If an object is moving eastward and slowing down, then the direction of its velocity
vector is ____.
a. eastward b. westward c. neither d. not enough info to tell
15. If an object is moving eastward and slowing down, then the direction of its
acceleration vector is ____.
a. eastward b. westward c. neither d. not enough info to tell
18. Which one of the following statements is NOT true of a free-falling object? An
object in a state of free fall ____.
1. falls with a constant speed of -10 m/s.
2. falls with a acceleration of 10 m/s/s.
3. falls under the sole influence of gravity.
4. falls with downward acceleration which has a constant magnitude.
23. Ten seconds after being dropped from rest, a free-falling object will be moving with
a speed of ____.
a. about 10 m/s. b. about 50 m/s. c. about 100 m/s. d. more than 100 m/s.
24. A baseball pitcher delivers a fast ball. During the throw, the speed of the ball
increases from 0 to 30.0 m/s over a time of 0.100 seconds. The average acceleration of
the baseball is ____ m/s2.
a. 3.00 b. 30.0 c. 300. d. 3000 e. none of these
25. On takeoff, a rocket accelerates from rest at a rate of 50.0 m/s2 for exactly 1
minute. The rocket's speed after this minute of steady acceleration will be ____ m/s.
a. 50.0 b. 500. c. 3.00 x 103 d. 3.60 x 103 e. none of these
The velocity-time graph below depicts the motion of an automobile as it moves through
Glenview during rush hour traffic. Use the graph to answer questions #35 - #39.
35. Determine the displacement of the automobile during the following intervals of
time. PSYW
t = 0.0 s - 5.0 s t = 5.0 s - 15.0 s t = 15.0 s - 20.0 s
36. Determine the velocity of the automobile at the following instant(s) in time.
t = 3.0 s t = 8.0 s t = 17.0 s
37. Determine the acceleration of the automobile during the following intervals of time.
t = 0.0 s - 5.0 s t = 5.0 s - 15.0 s t = 15.0 s - 20.0 s
40. For the plots below, determine the velocity of the object ... .
a. from 0.0 - 5.0 seconds b. from 5.0 - 10.0 seconds c. at 13.0 seconds
41. For the plots below, determine the acceleration of the object ... .
a. from 0.0 - 5.0 seconds b. from 5.0 - 10.0 seconds c. at 13.0 seconds
42. For the plots below, determine the displacement of the object ... .
a. from 0.0 - 5.0 seconds b. from 5.0 - 10.0 seconds c. from 0.0 - 15.0 seconds
An airplane accelerates down a runway at 3.20 m/s2 for 32.8 s until is finally lifts off the ground.
Determine the distance traveled before takeoff.
A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly over a time of 5.21 seconds for a distance of
110 m. Determine the acceleration of the car.
A race car accelerates uniformly from 18.5 m/s to 46.1 m/s in 2.47 seconds. Determine the
acceleration of the car and the distance traveled.
A bullet is moving at a speed of 367 m/s when it embeds into a lump of moist clay. The bullet
penetrates for a distance of 0.0621 m. Determine the acceleration of the bullet while moving
into the clay. (Assume a uniform acceleration.)